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Audio conferenceing system

  • US 5,539,741 A
  • Filed: 11/29/1994
  • Issued: 07/23/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/18/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer workstation for connecting to a network and for playing out multiple audio input streams received from the network, wherein each audio stream comprises a sequence of digital audio samples and has a weighting parameter associated therewith, the weighting parameter representing the volume with which the associated audio stream is played out, the workstation including:

  • means for storing the digital audio samples from each audio input stream received from the network in a separate queue;

    means for forming a sequence of sets, each set containing one digital audio sample from each audio input stream;

    means for weighting each digital audio sample in a set in accordance with the weighting parameter associated with the audio stream from which the audio sample originated;

    means for producing a sum from each set of weighted digital audio samples;

    means for generating an audio output from the sequence of sums of weighted digital audio samples;

    and means responsive to user input at the workstation for adjusting said weighting parameters to control the relative volumes within the audio output of the multiple audio streams.

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